For Now

True, nothing is permanent but for now I can be in this joy.

I can be in this love.

I can be in this now.

For now. 

For now, pain is present.

I can be with my pain.

I can hold myself close and feel it.

I can breathe. I can learn. I can grieve.

I can let it pass through me. For now. 

And now, I sit between joy and pain.

Waiting.

Wondering.

Which will pull me close next?

But for now, I will sit in the middle, like a bird on a wire taking in the beauty of now- for now.